What is recorded here
One chamber, two chambers, three: the mountain keeps counting itself in small stone rings. Cuilcagh is not a display of facts but a population of hidden rooms, some crowded with life and others empty despite their size. The survey named what it saw, yet the border region continues generating new chambers because human presence still feeds the experiment.
Small circular area (int. diam. 1.8m) enclosed by the remains of a crude drystone wall (H 0.4m). Situated 3m SE of a substantial cairn in rough terrain close to the summit of Cuilcagh Mountain and the border between counties Cavan and Fermanagh (CV006-001----). Two similar hut sites are situated nearby (CV006-003002-, CV006-003003-).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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